Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

peony

3 Accepted name(s) for "peony":

Accepted name
Paeonia emodi Royle
Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
Paeonia officinalis L.

7 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)	Paeonia emodi Wallich ex Royle	Paeonia emodi Royle	Paeonia emodi Royle
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	peeled and dried root	root
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Paeonia lactiflora Pallas	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)	Paeonia lactiflora Pallas	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	dried root	root
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)	Paeonia officinalis L.	Paeonia officinalis L.	Paeonia officinalis L.
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)	Paeonia officinalis L.	Paeonia officinalis L.	Paeonia officinalis L.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Paeonia officinalis	Paeonia officinalis L. MPNS Best Guess	Paeonia officinalis L.

30 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "peony":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
bai shao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bo-báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chi shao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chuan-báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
common garden peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garden peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hang-báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
himalayan peony	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mu-shaoyao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mudan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
paeonia officinalis	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
paeoniae alba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
paeoniae alba radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
paeoniae flos	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
paeony	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pai shao yao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pe-shou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
peony root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pfingstrose	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix paeoniae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shakuyaku	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shao yao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shaoyao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sungure aunle	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
syakuyaku	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
white peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
white-flowered peony	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
白芍	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)